When this photograph was captured this morn at 1:57 a.m. local Louisiana time , Hurricane Isaac had already made landfall once . The knock-down storm had met with Plaquemines Parish , LA at 6:45 the dark before , just west of the mouth of the Mississippi River , before butt slowly west , do landfall a second clip near Port Fourchon , LA just arcminute after this photo was taken .
This arresting nighttime view of Isaac was trance by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite onboard NASA ’s Suomi - NPP satellite . It ’s a remarkable photograph ( one that really merit to be seenat full answer ) , and a hairsbreadth - raising reminder of how awesomely powerful nature can be .
As of this posting , Isaac has been downgraded to tropical storm status , having spent much of last night , this morning and early good afternoon ravaging the gulf as a family I hurricane , with sustained winds in excess of 75 miles - per - hour . Though wind - stop number have lessen considerably , the tempest still poses a significant threat to those in its track . Meanwhile , hundreds of 1000 of Louisianans are still without power , andregions of the state remain submersed .
[ NASA ]
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